Franklin Stern
Occupation	Editor in chief (Daily Planet)
Played By	Blu Mankuma
Status	Alive

Franklin Stern is the acting Editor in Chief of the Daily Planet.

Season NineEdit

Franklin was a temporary worker and he is heading a global search for the new Editor in Chief of the Daily Planet. After an event he fired both Lois Lane and Clark Kent because as he said he doesn't like when his reporters are becoming the story.

However, after Perry White convinced him to re-hire them, he did.

In the ComicsEdit

Franklin Stern is the owner and publisher of the Daily Planet newspaper, taking over from the TransNational Enterprises consortium which itself succeeded the villainous Lex Luthor.

Stern is a long-time friend of the editor, Perry White, although they often disagree about politics. When falling profits force him to sell the newspaper, this allows Luthor to purchase it again, with dire consequences for the Planet and its staff. Shortly thereafter, the Planet is purchased by billionaire Bruce Wayne, who still owns the paper today. At one point Stern dated the sister of Daily Planet reporter Ron Troupe, however the outcome of this relationship is not known.